The purpose of this document is to review existing scientific literature and established work physiology models for the development of evidence-based load carriage guidelines. This guide is then distilled into an overview of key considerations for the management (i.e. preparation, execution and recovery) of personnel undertaking repeated load carriage tasks.

DSTO, in collaboration with DNPS, have undertaken a series of calm water resistance scaled model tests on the Armidale Class Patrol Boat, (ACPB) to deveop a database set for validation studies.

This report describes the application of two DSTO initiatives to improve the analysis of oil filter wear debris to be used as a valuable adjunct to existing condition monitoring techniques.

This report describes the modelling approach, the software architecture, data design and the algorithms that are employed in the model software code of the Army Sustainability Modelling Analysis and Reporting Tool (A-SMART) prototype.

This report looks at how Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based systems differ from other types of Defence software systems and discusses the important issue of Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) for SOAs.

In the maritime environment, radar detection unavoidably needs to deal with unwanted signals, primarily sea clutter (echoes from the sea surface). This report focuses on the non-coherent detection of Gaussian targets (Swerling II targets) in the compound K-distributed clutter environment.

This report describes the development of a Photon Doppler Velocimeter (PDV) and an application of it to the measurement of the velocity of steel shocked by detonating a PE4 explosive charge.

This report describes a series of experiments in which initial attempts to perform Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) over moderate standoff distances were undertaken.

A critical review of the available literature concerning the minimum reliably detectable defect size aNDI for magnetic particle testing (MPT) in aerospace applications is presented.